Radiation exposure and estimated risk of radiation-induced cancer from thoracic and abdominal radiographs in 1307 neonates.
Deliah WeißMartin BeeresUlrich RochwalskyThomas J VoglRolf SchlößerPublished in: European radiology (2024)
The number of X-rays per patient has been decreasing in a large university hospital. Half of all patients received only one X-ray; most had a birth weight over 1500 g. This radiation risk can be classified as 'minimal' for patients with a birth weight of < 500 g and as 'negligible' for others.
Keyphrases
- birth weight
- radiation induced
- gestational age
- weight gain
- end stage renal disease
- radiation therapy
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- body mass index
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- spinal cord
- high resolution
- case report
- computed tomography
- squamous cell carcinoma
- preterm infants
- patient reported outcomes
- young adults
- lymph node metastasis
- electron microscopy